| MM rides out of auto slump on utility vehicles |
Oct 26th, 2012 |
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utility vehicles has put Mahindra & Mahindra, the country's largest utility vehicle maker, in a sweet spot even as other auto makers are struggling to keep their volumes moving. While others ...
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| WOT Opinion: What the 2013 Honda Civic Needs to Regain a Compact Segment Lead |
Oct 25th, 2012 |
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Can the Civic Refresh Its Fortunes?
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| Thread of the Day: Should All Compact Cars Have Sport Variants? |
Oct 25th, 2012 |
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There was a time when most compact cars had sport-oriented variants. Go back ten years when gas was under $2.00 a gallon and the choices were plentiful: the Dodge Neon SRT4, Ford Focus SVT, Honda Civic Si, and Nissan Sentra SE-R, among others. Today, a few automakers have ditched the performance variants of their compact [...]
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| Hyundai Transforms European-Spec Elantra Wagon Into Five-Star Hotel Room |
Oct 25th, 2012 |
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Hyundai’s i30 Wagon is fairly spacious as a car, but Hyundai Netherlands decided to promote the car–and stretch its limits–by turning it into “the world’s first five-star hotel room on wheels.” Hyundai’s newest stunt was created and put into action by its Dutch advertising agency, Fitzroy Amsterdam, which came up with the idea to turn [...]
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| 2013 Mini John Cooper Works GP Starts at $39,950 |
Oct 25th, 2012 |
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The 2013 Mini John Cooper Works GP has been priced; the limited-edition Mini will carry a $39,950 base price, or $9150 more than for a 2013 Mini Hardtop John Cooper Works model. Mini claims the GP is its fastest and lightest model it has ever built. The revised turbocharged 1.6-liter mill makes 211 hp at [...]
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| Modified 2013 Toyota Avalons and 2013 Lexus LS F Sport Debuting at SEMA Show |
Oct 25th, 2012 |
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Toyota has managed to lower the average age of Camry buyers by almost 10 years (from mid-50s to mid-40s) thanks in part to the popular SE model, so why not attempt to do the same with the upcoming 2013 Avalon? Toyota hasn’t confirmed a sportier version of its new flagship sedan, but perhaps the modified [...]
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| MT Poll: Chevrolet Unwraps Onix Hatch in Brazil – Would It Sell Well in the U.S.? |
Oct 25th, 2012 |
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The Chevrolet Onix hatch has been unveiled at the Sao Paulo Motor Show in Brazil, and though the car will never make it to the U.S., we can’t help but wonder what type of reception it might have here. The Onix is Chevy’s latest B-segment offering in South America, and it shares much of its [...]
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| Recalls: Faulty 2005-2007 BMW 7 Series Soft-Close Doors Could Lead to “Occupant Ejection” |
Oct 25th, 2012 |
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A recall has been issued for certain 2005-2007 BMW 7 Series models to address a software problem that causes soft-close doors to not latch properly. A lower-volume recall includes certain 2012 Honda CR-V models to fix a misprint on the safety certification label. 2005-2007 BMW 7 Series The Problem: The doors on models equipped with [...]
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| Driving the 2013 Ford Police Interceptor Sedan on Wide Open Throttle |
Oct 25th, 2012 |
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In our last police car comparison, the 2013 Ford Police Interceptor Sedan beat the 2012 Chevrolet Caprice PPV and 2012 Dodge Charger Pursuit in most performance tests. While we didn’t pick a winner — that’s up to individual law enforcement agencies to decide — Jessi Lang spent some time behind the wheel of the Ford [...]
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| Spied: Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG Testing its 300+ HP Turbo-Four |
Oct 25th, 2012 |
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One of the first recipients of AMG’s upcoming turbocharged four-cylinder engine will be the Mercedes-Benz CLA 45 AMG shown here, a prototype of which has just been spied testing again. This white prototype was caught shortly after our visit to the Mercedes-Benz AMG headquarters in Affalterbach, Germany where we spoke with chief powertrain engineer Dr. [...]
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